American Aquarium - Casualties lyrics
[American Aquarium - Casualties lyrics]
I've got a cracked windshield
And Mardi Gras beads
Some trucker hats and old hotel keys
We've got a dash full of
Trash and other bands CD's
I've got a cracked windshield
And Mardi Gras beads
Breakin' points and broken guitar strings
We bet big and we lost everything
We damn near wasted all our
Twenties chasin' down our dreams
Now we're all breakin' points
And broken guitar strings
We ain't ever gonna make it
Like I thought we would
So why can't we just pack it up and
Say we did the best we could?
I used to be a decent man
Then life just took it's toll
Now I'm just a casualty of Rock and Roll
Closin' time and openin' bands
A different town
The same old one night stand
Another midnight muse in cowboy boots
With X's on her hands
Closin' time and openin' bands
It's like playin' a game you
Know you'll never win
You're down to your last hand
And you're all in
Then a turn of luck and you double
Up just to bet it all again you see
We're playin' a game we know we'll never win
We ain't ever gonna make it
Like I thought we would
So why can't we just pack it up and
Say we did the best we could?
I should'a been a doctor or a lawyer
Or a policeman on patrol
Instead I'm a casualty of Rock and Roll
Tell my mama and my daddy that I tried
Tell all my friends and family goodbye
'Cause if the road is where you live, boy
The road is where you'll die
Tell my mama and my daddy that I tried
We ain't ever gonna make it
Like I thought we would
So why can't we just pack it up and
Say we did the best we could?
Gave my heart to the highway
She returned it full of holes
We're just casualties of rock and roll
Rock and Roll (Rock and Roll) rock and Roll
Rock and Roll (Rock and Roll) rock and Roll
Rock and Roll rock and Roll
Rock and Roll
And Mardi Gras beads
Some trucker hats and old hotel keys
We've got a dash full of
Trash and other bands CD's
I've got a cracked windshield
And Mardi Gras beads
Breakin' points and broken guitar strings
We bet big and we lost everything
We damn near wasted all our
Twenties chasin' down our dreams
Now we're all breakin' points
And broken guitar strings
We ain't ever gonna make it
Like I thought we would
So why can't we just pack it up and
Say we did the best we could?
I used to be a decent man
Then life just took it's toll
Now I'm just a casualty of Rock and Roll
Closin' time and openin' bands
A different town
The same old one night stand
Another midnight muse in cowboy boots
With X's on her hands
Closin' time and openin' bands
It's like playin' a game you
Know you'll never win
You're down to your last hand
And you're all in
Then a turn of luck and you double
Up just to bet it all again you see
We're playin' a game we know we'll never win
We ain't ever gonna make it
Like I thought we would
So why can't we just pack it up and
Say we did the best we could?
I should'a been a doctor or a lawyer
Or a policeman on patrol
Instead I'm a casualty of Rock and Roll
Tell my mama and my daddy that I tried
Tell all my friends and family goodbye
'Cause if the road is where you live, boy
The road is where you'll die
Tell my mama and my daddy that I tried
We ain't ever gonna make it
Like I thought we would
So why can't we just pack it up and
Say we did the best we could?
Gave my heart to the highway
She returned it full of holes
We're just casualties of rock and roll
Rock and Roll (Rock and Roll) rock and Roll
Rock and Roll (Rock and Roll) rock and Roll
Rock and Roll rock and Roll
Rock and Roll